Controls on Arctic sea ice from first-year and multi-year survival rates

Journal Article · Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2009

OSTI ID:981847

Hunke, Jes ^[1]

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1. Los Alamos National Laboratory

The recent decrease in Arctic sea ice cover has transpired with a significant loss of multi year ice. The transition to an Arctic that is populated by thinner first year sea ice has important implications for future trends in area and volume. Here we develop a reduced model for Arctic sea ice with which we investigate how the survivability of first year and multi year ice control the mean state, variability, and trends in ice area and volume.

• Research Organization: Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: AC52-06NA25396
• OSTI ID: 981847
• Report Number(s): LA-UR-09-08119; LA-UR-09-8119; TRN: US201013%%846
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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